2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€578,392
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,413,500
Entries
910
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

River Value for Pischl

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Three players went to the flop in a three bet pot, Walter Buss in the hi-jack, PokerStars player George Danzer in the cut off and sitting in the big blind, Torsten Pischl. They saw a flop of {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{8-Spades} which was checked around. Turn card {7-Hearts} was again met with checks. The river card was the {8-Clubs} and now Pischi went for a bet of 1,500. Buss made the call and Danzer mucked. The {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} of Pischi gave him a turned flush which was the winner against the {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} top two of Buss. There were a few raised eyebrows at the flop action and some discussion of ranges from Pischi as he added the chips to his stack.

Tags: George Danzer

Carlsson Can't Beat Four-Eight

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We missed the preflop action but saw Hannes Speiser bet out 1,325 on {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} from the big blind. Jakob Carlsson made the call.

The turn brought the {J-Diamonds} into play and Speiser checked. Carlsson bet out 2,200 and was soon met by a raise to 6,100 by Speiser. The Swedish EPT San Remo runner up of some years back made the call.

The river was the {7-Spades} and Speiser bet out 12,500. Carlsson thought about it for a long time and eventually the clock was called. Before the brush even started counting down Carlsson tossed in a 500 chip to make the call. He was soon forced to add 12,000 to that as Speiser tabled {4-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for the flopped full house and Carlsson mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jakob Carlsson
Jakob Carlsson
18,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Jakob Carlsson

Mathis' Here Too

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Swiss' own Rino Mathis came down to Vienna as well and he's currently sitting on around 36,000 chips. Mathis, a long time professional, has $755,000 in live tournament earnings and his first cash dates back to 1996.

Mathis recorded most of his cashes in Austria and he'll be very comfortable playing against the ladies and gentleman that showed up today.

Mathis notched his fist EPT cash in 2006, but his best tournament finish was a third place at the 2002 Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam for €96,000. Mathis has 72 live tournament cashes in his career spread out across 12 countries.

Player Chips Progress
Rino Mathis ch
Rino Mathis
36,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Rino Mathis

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Ladouceur Puts His Opponent All In

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
Marc-Andre Ladouceur

Pflanzl Hannes in middle position opened the pot with a raise to 500 and Marc-Andre Ladouceur in the cutoff came along for the ride. The small blind and Olof Haglund in the big blind tossed in a purple 500 chip as well and the dealer got underway dealing a flop.

{A-Hearts}{K-Spades}{2-Hearts}

Both blinds checked to Hannes who made a 1,100 continuation bet. Ladouceur called, the small blind folded and Haglund wanted to see at least one more card and called as well.

It would be just one card as the {J-Diamonds} hit and Haglund check folded to Hannes' 2,100 bet. Ladouceur wasn't so easy to shake off though, the Canadian PokerStars Team Online Pro made the call.

The {10-Hearts} was everything but a blank. With three hearts, four to a straight, and a bunch of broadway cards out there Hannes checked. Ladouceur shoved a big pile of 5,000 chips forward, putting Hannes all in for his last 7,000 chips.

Hannes shook his head and folded, Ladouceur gathered the chips and stacked them up.

Player Chips Progress
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
46,000
12,500
12,500

Tags: Marc LadouceurOlof Haglund

Chip Count Update

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
58,000
24,000
24,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
58,000
14,000
14,000
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
50,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
47,000
1,000
1,000
Michael Piper
Michael Piper
45,000
-9,000
-9,000
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
42,000
12,000
12,000
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
41,000
1,000
1,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
34,000
7,000
7,000
Dan Murariu ro
Dan Murariu
33,000
3,000
3,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
32,000
2,000
2,000
George Danzer de
George Danzer
32,000
-8,000
-8,000
Run It Once
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
32,000
2,000
2,000
Nikolaus Teichert de
Nikolaus Teichert
32,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
32,000
$25K Fantasy
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
31,000
5,500
5,500
EPT 1X Winner
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
29,000
-11,000
-11,000
Age Spets no
Age Spets
27,000
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
22,000
EPT 1X Winner
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
22,000
10,400
10,400
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
EPT 1X Winner
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
21,000
-14,000
-14,000

A Look at the History of the EPT Vienna

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Photo courtesy of the EPT.
Photo courtesy of the EPT.

What stop on the first season of the EPT attracted the most players? You might be surprised to learn that it was the EPT Vienna with 297 players (the next closest was the EPT French Open with 243 players).

That first stop, which ran from March 10-11, 2005, resulted in an international final table that included two Americans, two Englishmen, a Swede, Finn, and an Austrian; however, it was Frenchman Pascal Perrault that defeated Andreas Harnemo in heads-up play to capture the €184,000 first-place prize. It was a successful penultimate stop for Season 1, but little did everyone know that the city wouldn’t play host to an EPT again for half a decade.

The EPT returned to Vienna for its seventh season from October 26-31, 2010. The return to the Austrian capital was well received by the players, 587 of who turned out to create a prize pool of €2,935,000. By then the EPT had grown in both size and prestige, so it was no surprise to see some famous faces in the field.

Among those to earn cashes were Nacho Barbero (76th - €8,000), Luke Schwartz (65th - €8,000), Jason Wheeler (54th - €9,500), Angel Guillen (52nd - €9,500), Surinder Sunar (18th - €16,000), and Kirill Zapletin (9th - €44,000).

That season’s final table featured three Germans, a Frenchman, Italian, and Greek, but two players overshadowed them all – the Czech Republic’s Martin Hruby and Canadian Daniel Negreanu. The latter actually flew out Amanda Leatherman and Joe Stapleton to sweat him at the final table, which marked “Stapes’” first EPT experience. Unfortunately they didn’t get to see their man win as Negreanu ultimately finished in fourth place for €175,000.

Hruby did a bit better, but had to settle for runner-up and €470,000 after he fell to one of the aforementioned Germans, 20-year-old economics student and Sunday Million winner Michael “mae9690” Eiler, in heads-up play. In the final hand of that tournament, Eiler, who had a significant chip lead, moved all in for the third hand in a row holding. Hruby called off with the {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, which was racing against the {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} of Eiler. The {8-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} flop delivered Eiler a flush, and the {3-Spades} turn left Hruby drawing dead. The {4-Diamonds} river made it official, and Eiler took home the €700,000 first-place prize.

The EPT hasn’t been back to Vienna since Season 7, but now it's back. We're currently at the stunning Hofburg Palace, which is playing host to a 40-event tournament schedule that will include more innovative and fun game variants than any other festival up to date.

“The EPT is all about fun, celebrating the excitement of the game and gathering players together for a good time, and we really wanted to make a splash on our return to Vienna," said Neil Johnson, Head of Live Poker Operations for the EPT. "The EPT is known for game innovation, variety and we pride ourselves on providing game types in tournament format that you simply don’t find at other live events.”

The EPT Vienna Festival is in partnership with the Concord Card Casino Group, which operates 13 poker rooms in Austria and has more than 20 years of experience.

Eureka Gets The Party Started

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Eureka final table (l-r): Andreas Freund, Robert Malinowski, Markus Stöger, Stavros Kalfas, Bryan Paris, Erik Scheidt, Blazej Przygorzewski and Zoltan Gal. Photo courtesy of PokerStars Blog.
Eureka final table (l-r): Andreas Freund, Robert Malinowski, Markus Stöger, Stavros Kalfas, Bryan Paris, Erik Scheidt, Blazej Przygorzewski and Zoltan Gal. Photo courtesy of PokerStars Blog.

The hordes have descended for EPT Vienna, but we're really all just gatecrashers to the Eureka Poker Tour party. It's been a blast all week, as PokerStars Blog finds out here.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

Two Pair No Good for Lunkin

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

With around 5,000 in the pot and a board reading {6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{q-Clubs}, Vitaly Lunkin, who won the PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller for €771,300 last September, bet 2,600 from the small blind and Atanas Malinov called from the button.

When the {8-Hearts} completed the board on the river, Lunkin slowed down with a check and Malinov did the same. Lunkin tabled the {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for two pair, but it was no good as Malinov rolled over the {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a bigger two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
29,500
-2,500
-2,500

Tags: Vitaly LunkinAtanas Malinov